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noun, masculine

paravent

/pa.ʁa.vɑ̃/

noun, masculine/pa.ʁa.vɑ̃/plural: paravents

folding screen

— Je ne crains rien des tigres, mais j'ai horreur des courants d'air. Vous n'auriez pas un paravent ?“I am not at all afraid of tigers,” she went on, “but I have a horror of drafts. I suppose you wouldn't have a screen for me?”

Borrowed from Italian paravento.